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Linkage study and exome sequencing identify a BDP1 mutation associated with hereditary hearing loss.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Girotto Giorgia, Abdulhadi Khalid, Buniello Annalisa, Vozzi Diego, Licastro Danilo, d'Eustacchio Angela, Vuckovic Dragana, Alkowari Moza Khalifa, Steel Karen P, Badii Ramin, Gasparini Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Nonsyndromic Hereditary Hearing Loss is a common disorder accounting for at least 60% of prelingual deafness. GJB2 gene mutations, GJB6 deletion, and the A1555G mitochondrial mutation play a major role worldwide in causing deafness, but there is a high degree of genetic heterogeneity and many gen...
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